Native speakers, please help! Does this priest speak with any accent?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXwgjnThfE
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Duh. Glanced at the first line of Peachey's answer and didn't read the rest. My apologies. I wish italki let us edit these answers.
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I agree with the other members - and you don't have to be American to hear it either. It's clear to any native speaker than the priest has a non-native accent. What's more, anyone who has a good ear for accents can tell that he's a Russian speaker : it's the typically Russian 'L' sound which is the give-away.
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He speaks with a slight accent.
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He has a very clear and well-spoken accent, but with both US and UK influences (the UK influences turn up in a couple of vowel sounds).
Why did we all assume he was Russian? He was born in the US and has spent a lot of time in the UK. :) (I mean, I don't doubt he speaks Russian, but some of us have jumped the gun here.)
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Irenaeus_(Steenberg)
I'm actually reminded of the accent that Christoph Waltz used for his Dr Schultz character in Django Unchained. It's a careful, measured and practised accent.
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The narrator has a very very good American accent. However, there is an obvious slight Russian accent that any American would detect.
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